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Routine antibiotics should be reconsidered for malnourished children
For immediate release: Wednesday, February 3, 2016 Boston, MA – A new study suggests that the current recommendation to treat severely malnourished children with routine antibiotics does not increase the likelihood of nutritional recovery in uncomplicated cases. Given…
Flint’s water crisis ‘infuriating’ given knowledge about lead poisoning
January 26, 2016 -- Harvard Chan School’s Philippe Grandjean, an expert in how environmental pollution impairs brain development, says that Flint, Michigan’s water crisis could have been prevented, given the United States’ long experience with lead contamination—and how…
Progress, challenges in Chilean health system
While Chile has had a publicly funded national health system since the 1950s, private insurance was introduced in the 1980s—and, since then, the mix of public and private insurance has led to mixed results, according to a January…
Oral contraceptive use not associated with increased birth defects risk
For immediate release: January 6, 2016 Boston, MA – Oral contraceptives taken just before or during pregnancy do not increase the risk of birth defects, according to a new study by researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health…
Mothers holding low birth weight newborns skin-to-skin linked with lower mortality rates
For immediate release: December 22, 2015 Boston, MA – Continuous skin-to-skin contact with their mothers during the first days of life may reduce low birth weight infant deaths by more than one-third compared to conventional care, according to a new…
Top risk factors for child undernutrition in India identified
For immediate release: Thursday, December 18, 2015 Boston, MA ─ In India, nearly 40% of all children are stunted—of extremely low height for their age—and nearly 30% are underweight. A new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of…
A Calling in Cambodia
[Winter 2016] Bill and Lori Housworth uprooted their young family from Louisville, Kentucky, and moved to Siem Reap, Cambodia, to cultivate top-quality medical care in one of Asia's most impoverished areas By sunrise at Cambodia’s Angkor Hospital for Children (AHC), the crowd of people waiting for care had packed the…
Off the Cuff: How Does an MPH Help an MD?
CARMON DAVIS, MPH ’94 PEDIATRICIAN, BOSTON CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL Q: How has your MPH degree influenced your daily work as a doctor? And did studying the large social, political, and economic forces behind individual health make you more or…
Safe Childbirth Checklist could reduce maternal, newborn deaths
Based on four key times around childbirth when maternal and newborn deaths are most likely to occur, the World Health Organization (WHO) has developed an easy-to-use bedside tool—the Safe Childbirth Checklist—to help avoid health crises. The checklist was…
Chemicals linked with severe respiratory disease found in common e-cigarette flavors
For immediate release: December 8, 2015 Boston, MA – Diacetyl, a flavoring chemical linked to cases of severe respiratory disease, was found in more than 75% of flavored electronic cigarettes and refill liquids tested by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan…